Decreasing expulsions by a child with a feeding disorder: Using a brush to present and re-present food.

Peter A. Girolami, James H. Boscoe, & Nicole Roscoe. (2007) Decreasing expulsions by a child with a feeding disorder: Using a brush to present and re-present food. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 40, 749-753.

Previous research has demonstrated that extinction in the form of re-presentation of expelled bites is an effective intervention for treating food expulsion. The current study compared the effectiveness of re-presenting expulsions with a spoon to re-presenting with a Nuk® brush for a 4-year-old boy with a feeding disorder. Fewer expulsions were observed when using the brush for re-presentation, and further reductions were observed when the brush was also used for initial presentations.

DESCRIPTORS: food re-presentation, expulsions, pediatric feeding disorders